Sunday 9 September 2012

Warlords @ Colours 2012


The South London Warlords were at Colours 8th- 9th September 2012 and as it it 70th anniversary of El Alamein this year, we refought the Battle of Alam el Halfa (the first battle of the 2nd Alamein). The scenario is from Monty's battles Rapid Fire series.

The game started to be built 3 months ago. From this
                                                         The Battlefield
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                                                                Alam el Halfa Ridge
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                                                                           To This
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                                                                                The Ridge
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Big Jim (great Toad), and I have been beavering away to get to this:

The Display  Bren (1941 model)& Lee enfield (1942) kindly supplied by Dave Barnes (cheers Mate 8-) )
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2nd turn. 21st Panzer Div advances
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Artillery set up
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and 21st keep moving (view towards ridge)
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The British armour lies in wait behind Point 102 (one of the German objectives)
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15th Panzer Div arrives
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View from the ridge
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The Stuka's view of the ridge
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21st Panzer have cleared the depression and are mixing it the the British entrenched on the ridge.
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The armour clashes!
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The battle at turn 10
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The British armour stops the "tide"
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The Reserves arrive to save the day
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The Boston arrives on table and takes out two PzrIIIs
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Situation at about turn 12
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Germans take the ridge and British fail morale and surrender
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The British reinforcements were due on turn 15, but I had some AT guns in the depression and the artillery of both sides were starting to hit their targets, but we think the Germans would have "won the Day".
German victory (again), but once again only just.

A good scenario but a difficult one for the British to win.

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